Colorado football: Paul Richardson continues to make mark

Ankle injury doesn't slow CU receiver

By Kyle Ringo Buffzone.com

Posted:
11/16/2013 10:45:31 PM MST

Updated:
11/16/2013 10:46:05 PM MST

Paul Richardson sure makes playing on a bum ankle look easy.

Colorado's star wide receiver produced another banner day Saturday at Folsom Field, and this time instead of heading home to ponder another frustrating loss, he was able to leap into the first row of the student section to celebrate after the final seconds ticked away.

The Buffs beat Cal 41-24 to end a 14-game losing streak in the Pac-12 Conference and Richardson set a new single-season school record for receiving yards. He also tied his school record with 11 catches in the game and finished with 140 yards, giving him 1,201 this season.

"I think it's good for the university," Richardson said. "I've said before they bring guys in every year hoping to do better than the guys have done here in the past. So as long as we keep rewriting history here, the program will keep being successful, on its way back to being successful."

Richardson has played the past three games on a sprained ankle that has required him to wear a walking boot for all or part of each week leading up to those games. Coach Mike MacIntyre raved about Richardson's toughness Saturday re-telling a story about how Richardson had been ruled out last week at Washington only to ask him if he could try to play during pregame warm-ups.

MacIntyre said Richardson wasn't able to practice this week until Wednesday.

"I'm very, very proud of Paul Richardson and what he means to this team," MacIntyre said. "... He is truly a team player.

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With two games left this season, Richardson could own nearly all the major single-season receiving records at CU.

Richardson needs eight more catches to establish a new single-season record for receptions. He has 71 and the current record, established in 2003 by D.J. Hackett, is 78. Richardson also has nine touchdown catches and needs three more to set a new single-season record in that category. Derek McCoy caught 11 touchdown passes in 2003.

Richardson moved into fourth place on CU's career receptions chart and is fifth in career receiving yards. He would have to return for his senior season next year to break those marks. But if he breaks the single-season touchdown receptions record, he will simultaneously set a new school record for career touchdown catches.

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